FFL4E Future Freight Loco for Europe Shift Freight to Rail: Midterm Event for S2R Projects Vienna, 18.04.2018 2
FFL4E - Agenda Introduction Future freight locomotive Full electric last mile propulsion Long trains Summary and Outlook 3
FFL4E - Contribution to IP5 vision The FFL4E aims at developing key technologies for future energy efficient freight locomotives, allowing highest operational flexibility and providing attractive and competitive rail freight services to the final customer. 4
FFL4E - Objectives Extreme flexibility: operation on non-electrified and electrified lines without the need of changing the locomotive. This requires hybrid propulsion technologies, and includes last mile propulsion systems Competitive rail freight services: Remote control for distributed power, thus, allowing the increase of the train length up to 1,500 m and consequently improving the cost efficiency of rail transport. This includes also technologies that reduce LCC (e.g. low wear locomotive bogie) Energy efficiency: Recuperation of braking energy as much as possible, store it onboard and reuse it whenever required, for traction purposes, for peak shaving or to supply auxiliaries and others 5
FFL4E Project Structure FFL4E is structured as follows: 2 WPs for Management and Coordination 3 technical WPs 1 WP for dissemination FFL4E is being led by: Bombardier Transportation Project Partners are: Bombardier Transportation Faiveley Transport Italia Trafikverket Deutsche Bahn CAF Power & Automation VVA AVL List 6
FFL4E - Agenda Introduction Future freight locomotive Full electric last mile (LM) propulsion Long trains Summary and Outlook 7
FFL4E Future Freight Loco (1/3) S2R FFL4E project studies the hybridization of propulsion system to further increase the functionality of electric locomotives Focus is on powerful energy storage systems that will allow: Last mile run Peak shaving Backup mode Energy Efficiency Power Boost Electric Mode FFL4E studies also how to decrease wear on powered locomotive bogies by means of radial steering systems 8
FFL4E Future Freight Loco (2/3) Analysis of the key performance figures of existing locomotives and their commercial use Focus on Last Mile Run Modelling of a locomotive traction chain in simulation tool Real Track profiles, connecting towns with industry companies in Europe, used for simulation and calculation of OESS size: TP1: Bruck an der Mur Paper Mill in Gratkorn TP2: Zeltweg Pöls TP3: Bruck an der Mur Magna Steyr in Graz TP4: Lüneburg Hamburg 9
FFL4E Future Freight Loco (2/3) Simulation with AVL Cruise M simulation tool For the given system architecture and for different real track profiles, the ideal OESS size was evaluated. 10
FFL4E Future Freight Loco (3/3) Summary of OESS for the various use cases analysed: 11
FFL4E - Agenda Introduction Future freight locomotive Full electric last mile (LM) propulsion Long trains Summary and Outlook 12
FFL4E Full ele. LM propulsion (1/3) Last Mile (LM) Propulsion System for Railway Applications first proposed by Bombardier Transportation few years ago, was a disruptive and successful innovation Today, small diesel engines with 200-300kW Next generation: hybrid approaches or full electric solutions, with following added value: Increase in tractive power Emission free operation over a certain distance Energy recuperation into battery Environmental friendly recharging of the battery from the catenary 13
FFL4E Full ele. LM propulsion (2/3) Analysis done in WP3 (Future Freight Locomotive) summarizes Ideal battery size: 500kWh Ideal battery power: 1MW Selected architecture: A given number of smaller building blocks, e.g. 50kWh, arranged in parallel strings, each with an own BMS, TCU and DC/DC converter Advantages of this approach: Balancing simpler Higher safety Lower maintenance efforts Better adaption to the various customer needs (including retrofit) 14
FFL4E Full ele. LM propulsion (3/3) FFL4E is developing the demonstrator Main components are: The Bombardier water cooled Primove Li-ion battery (nmnc) 49kWh, 127kW continuous, 400kW peak (20s) 440 mm x 1780 mm x 610 mm, 667 kg One dedicated thermal conditioning unit One DC/DC converter Integration into one sealed cubicle to be placed in the machine room 15
FFL4E - Agenda Introduction Future freight locomotive Full electric last mile propulsion Long trains Summary and Outlook 16
FFL4E Long Trains (1/7) Rail lags behind road and barge concerning transport efficiency 17
FFL4E Long Trains (2/7) Currently only a small percentage of freight trains runs with the maximum train length of 740 m Percentage freight trains 700m train length Main reasons for small train lengths > 50 % 20 50 % 0 20 % 0 % Infrastructure is not prepared for 740 m trains (mainly due to overtaking stations) Missing technology for Distributed Power -> max. loads of trains are restricted to coupling hook load limits 18
FFL4E Long Trains (3/7) Gradients of infrastructure restricts maximum train loads significantly Coupling hook load limits due to gradients of infrastructure Restrictions for todays operation Coupling hook load limits [t] Coupling hook load limit The gradients of infrastructure restricts max. train loads Esp. for heavy load trains (coal, mineral oil ) load restrictions lead to short trains of 400-500 m 19
FFL4E Long Trains (4/7) Distributed Power enables RUs to run heavier and longer trains Todays operations Future operatiosn with Distributed Power Radio link Coupling hook load limit Unattended guided loco reduces in-trainforces Leading loco distributes traction and braking commands to guided loco(s) Coupling hook load limits restricts max. load of freight trains Distributed Power reduces in-train-forces Distributed Power enables RUs to run much heavier and longer trains using the same resources No Infrastructure adaptations needed 20
FFL4E Long Trains (5/7) Distributed Power opens the path to 1,500 m long trains 21
FFL4E Long Trains (6/7) FFL4E develops Distributed Power technology for the European market GSM-R ABC Leading loco Guided loco Guided BCU MVB TCMS* IPTCOM Radio BCU MVB TCMS IPTCOM Radio SerBr MVB DBCU* Comm Loss new SerBr EmBr MVB DBCU Comm Loss new EmBr E P E P E P E P Brakepipe *TCMS:Train Control Management System, DBCU: Distributed Brake Control Unit 22
FFL4E Long Trains (7/7) Distributed Power will be demonstrated on a coal train Amsterdam - Munich From Amsterdam Demo loco Bombardier demo loco BR 187 Mainz Demo panel and SIL4 computer from Faiveley Italy Munich Demo train Amsterdam - Munich 23
FFL4E - Agenda Introduction Future freight locomotive Full electric last mile propulsion Long trains Summary and Outlook 24
FFL4E Summary and Outlook FFL4E is developing two demonstrators: Full Electric LMB Radio Remote Control for Distributed Power FFL4E is literally addressing the KPIs stated in the MAAP: Increase of Energy efficiency Increase of competitiveness Doubling of capacity After some initial problems, work proceeding well 25
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FFL4E - Contribution to IP5 vision Smart eco-efficient propulsion technologies Longer coupled trains with distributed power Automated train composition and operation Logistics capable Future wagon Condition monitoring for predictive maintenance Asset Control tower & customer communication 27 27